Illuminated oil can



April 7, 1931. .1. F. PICKENS 1,800,153

ILLUMINATED OIL CAN Filed June 20, 1950 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 7, 1931 UNITED STATES LPAVLTENT OFFICE JAMES FENTON PICKENS, F BROWNSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA ILLUMINATED OIL CAN Application filed June 20, 1930. Serial No. 462,677.

parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is an elevation of the invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view.

Figure 3 is a section on line 33 of F igure 2..

Figure 4 is a section on lined-4 of Figure 2.

As shown in these views, the can A is provided with a flange 1 at its top which is of inverted trough shape and at the front, the top of the can is formed with an opening 2 which is located under the front part of the flange. A socket 3 is connected to the under face of the front art of the flange, at the center thereof, this socket being arranged adjacent the openin 2 so that some of the rays of light from a firm 4 placed in the socket will pass through t e opening 2 and thus illuminate the interior of the can.

A conductor 5 is connected with a contact 6 placed in the socket and insulated therefrom and arranged to engage the central contact of the lamp. This conductor passes around a part of the flange and under the same and then the conductor passes downwardly into a tubular part 7 which forms the handle of the can and which is connected with the can by the bracket 8. Small batteries 9 are placed in the tubular part 7 and the conductor is connected to a sliding switch 10 which has a part 11 for contacting a terminal of one of the batteries when the switch is in lowered position. This switch passes through a slot 12 in the upper part of the tubular member 7 so that it can be moved upwardly or downwardly to make and break :5 the circuit of the lamp. When in its lowermost position, the switch will close the circuit to the lamp and when in raised position, the circuit will be broken.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the no lamp will not only illuminate the interior of the can, but it will also illuminate the spout B thereof and the part into which the spout is placed so that the user can readily place oil in a part at night or in dark places without danger of spilling the oil and he can also see the contents of the can.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is 1. An oil can having an opening in its .front, a lamp carried by a part of the can tubular handle part containing batteries, a

conductor for connecting the batteries with the lamp and a switch for controlling the flowof current through' the conductors.

3. An oil can having a flange at its top which is of inverted troughshape in cross section and an openin in the top of its front Wall,.a lamp soc et depending from the flange adjacent the opening, a lamp in the socket for illuminating the interior of the can and the spout thereof, a tubular part formilig a part of the handle of the can, batteries in the said tubular part, a. conductor for connecting the batteries to 5 the lamp and a, switch in the tubular part for controlling the flow of current to the conductor. In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JAMES FENTON PICKENS. 

